Vehicle-pole tip



(No Model.)

N. R. DOAN.

VEEIGLE POLE TIE.

No. 403,925. Patented May 28, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON lt. DOAN, OF STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN.

VEH ICLE-PO LE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,925, dated May 28, 1889. Application led September 4, 1888. Serial No. 284,543. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NELSON R. DOAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stoughton, in the county of Dane and State of W'isconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Pole-Tips; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in safety pole-tips for vehicles of all kinds, and has for its object to produce a poletip so constructed that the neck-yoke ring may be readily and easily attached to and detached from the pole, but so arranged that when the neck-yoke is in position for use upon the pole it cannot be detached therefrom.

My said inventiont consists in certain novelty in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all of which I will now proceed to point out and describe, reference being had to the accompanying1 drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective of my saidv invention, showing the neck-yoke ring in the position it assumes when being placed upon or when about to be removed from the pole; and Fig. 2 is a perspective of the same, showing the neck-yoke and its ring when in position for use upon the pole.

Referring to said drawings` A represents the pole; B, the pole-tip, which is preferably made of malleable iron and is driven or forced upon the end of the pole. On the under side of thetip are' formed a series of pairs of projecting lugs or spurs, ct a, arranged in a line with each other, the lugs or spurs composing each pair being the same distance apart. The iirst and second pair of lugs or spurs nearest jthe end of the pole are placed very close to each other, so that but little play is permitted to the neck-yoke ring when held between the same, as hereinafter described.

C is the neck-yoke; D, the neck-yoke ring, having the projections d (l and contracted apertures d d formed in said projections and communicating with the main aperture of the ring. Said ring is secured to the neckyoke by eyebolts E, which are secured to the projections d d. The projections cl d are so arranged that the contracted apertures will be the same distance apart as the lugs or spurs on the pole-tip and will register with said lugs or spurs when the ring 1s being placed upon the pole. To secure the yoke to the pole, it is turned under said pole, as shown in Fig. l, and the ring slipped on the tip. The lugs or spurs a pass through the contracted apertures d d. Then by turning the yoke up on top of the pole in position for use, as shown in Fig. 3, said yoke is held on the tip by the lugs or spurs engaging with the ring. Said yoke cannot come off in case of any accident, su'ch as the breakage of traces, tugs, &c., or even if the yoke becomes detached from one of the horses it cannot be detached from the pole, it being necessary to turn the same entirely under the pole, so as to permit the lugs or spurs to register and pass through the contracted apertures before it can be removed. It will also be seen that, if desired, the yoke can easily and quickly be removed.

Ordinarily the ring rests between the first and second pairs of lugs or spurs, which are located close together near the end of the pole; but by having a series of pairs of lugs, as described, the ring maybe slipped back to any desired point on the tip, thus in effect shortening the pole. One spur may be used instead of two, if desired, one projection on the ring and one contracted aperture then only being necessary. I, however, prefer to use two.

My invention is simple in construction, can be manufactured very cheaply, and thoroughly accomplishes the object for which it was designed.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. The pole-tip B,l1aving two or more pairs of lugs or spurs, a a, projecting from its under side, in combination with the neck-yoke C, and the neck-yoke ring D, secured thereto, and

having two projections, d, and contracted apertures d d formed therein and communicating with the main aperture of the ring, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown' and described, whereby the said neckyoke ring may be secured upon or removed from the pole, in the manner set forth.

2. The pole-tip B, having a series of pairs TOO of 1u gs or spurs, a a, projecting from itsv under In testimony whereof I afx my signature in ro side, in combination with a neck-yoke, C, and a presence of two Witnesses. neck-yoke ring, D, secured thereto, and having y proj eotions d d and contracted apertures d d NELSON R. DOAN. 5 formed therein and communicating with the main aperture of the ring, all constructed Witnesses: and arranged substantially as shown, whereby BURT PRENTIss, the neck-yoke ring may be secured upon or B. E. WAIT. removed from the pole, in the manner set forth. 

